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Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88.

Trump's handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump Kennedy Center

President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center.

NASCAR legend Greg Biffle, family among 7 killed in Statesville plane crash

A business jet carrying seven people, including retired NASCAR race driver Greg Biffle and his family, crashed Thursday in Statesville, killing everyone aboard, authorities said.

Wall Street rises after an encouraging inflation update

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year.

Healthy Headlines: The Art of Remarkable Care Initiative

In this special edition of Novant Healthy Headlines, Tonya Rivens chats with Kristen Howard, vice president of corporate affairs for Novant Health, about how Novant is aiming to increase opportunities for the community to engage with art as a wellbeing practice.

AP: Police investigating link between Brown University shooting and killing of MIT professor

Authorities are looking into a connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the deadly shooting of a MIT professor near Boston just two days later.

Josie Award winner Shellem Cline

Adam Wurtzel welcomed Josie Award winner Shellem Cline into the studio for an interview and performance.

Greasy Getaway: Two arrested for stealing used cooking oil from Monroe restaurants

Traffic stop in Monroe leads to the disruption of an unusual but increasingly common theft scheme targeting restaurants and used cooking oil.

Shooting in north Charlotte leaves one person seriously hurt

One person is being treated for life threatening injuries after a shooting in north Charlotte Thursday morning.

Charlotte Fire battles two-alarm apartment fire

The fire broke out at the Summit Ridge Apartments on Farm Pond Lane, south of Albemarle Road just after 5 a.m.

Wet & windy Thursday, sunny weekend ahead

Rain chances and gusty winds pick up throughout our penultimate day of the workweek before cooler and drier air settles in on Friday.

New board to oversee transportation in Charlotte region will meet Thursday

The Metropolitan Public Transit Authority will have its inaugural meeting Thursday evening. The 27 member board is now responsible for overseeing safety solutions and improvements for all public transit in the region.

Trump in White House speech announces $1,776 bonus for US troops, as he says economy is strong

resident Donald Trump says he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating in a White House speech that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy.

US government admits negligence in helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

The U.S. government has admitted the Federal Aviation Administration and the Army played a role in causing the collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter near the nation’s capital that killed 67 people.

First pediatric flu-related death reported of 2025-26 season

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting the first pediatric flu-related death for the 2025-2026 flu season.

Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack

Authorities are asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the mass shooting at Brown University in the hopes it might help investigators identify someone they believe might have been casing the scene before the attack.